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If you have been redirected here from Susan McNaughton (dot) com or (dot) co (dot) uk, please be advised that Susan has retired from her social media business with effect from May 2016. Susan and Sandy are still offering self catering holiday accommodation at Craigwell Cottage, Edinburgh and Sandcastle Cottage, Crail.

If Craigwell Cottage is already booked for the dates you require, then we’d be happy to recommend any of the properties in our small Edinburgh Holiday Referrals group.

Recommended Edinburgh Holiday Properties

Royal Mile Holiday Apartments with Parking Our friend Derek Gibb at Pillowstops provides three Royal Mile holiday apartments with parking situated in Edinburgh’s old town. One minute’s walk from Edinburgh Castle and central for all other city centre attractions.

House by the Royal Mile – with garaged parking Our friends Mike and Anne have a lovely three bedroom town house situated approx 75 metres off the Royal Mile and close to most major tourist sites. Awarded four stars for quality by Visit Scotland, the house has its own integral garage, two double bedrooms (both of which have ensuite facilities) and one additional twin bedded room which has access to a further bath/shower-room. Complete with a well furnished living room and a separate dining kitchen, the house has all the facilities needed for a comfortable and enjoyable stay in the heart of historic Edinburgh.

If you’d like us to circulate an enquiry for you to all the property owners in our Edinburgh Holiday Referrals network, then please e-mail us your requirements.

Long-term letting

If you have a requirement for a 6-month or longer let, then we are happy to recommend Derek Gibb & Partners Ltd Property Management Edinburgh – visit their website for more information.

We’re delighted that guests who have stayed at Sandcastle Cottage in Crail are taking advantage of the new wi-fi internet access there to book a return stay for 2012.

Next year will be our 20th year of offering self-catering holidays in Crail, and we’re delighted that bookings stand at 7 weeks and one short break booked already as we are just at the end of August 2011.

However, our aim is to extend our letting season beyond the central April to October bookings where we expect to be relatively well booked up. So the thinking caps are on.

We have our advertising placed with two paid websites: Visit Scotland and FlipKey (which is a subsidiary of the worldwide review site Trip Advisor. This week we applied to place advertising with another site and were turned down. A business which turns away people who want to pay them money to do business must genuinely feel that they wouldn’t be able to attract people to our area so they’re being honest in turning our application down. This is not the first time we’ve come across a website which had this policy, but we’ve watched the other one slowly disappear…

So, what next? How do we find a website which will attract more enquiries and hopefully bookings for our holiday cottage in Crail? What criteria do you use when selecting a website to advertise on?